MAURESMO admits she'll be judged on Murray's Wimbledon showing but insists she is looking forward to the challenge.

But more importantly for Andy Murray, she also knows how to triumph at SW19 as a coach.

Twelve months ago she guided Marion Bartoli to her maiden Grand Slam title. And Mauresmo believes that experience can help Murray’s bid to defend his crown over the next fortnight.

Mauresmo is acutely aware she will be judged on how the Scot performs in the major events.

But despite enormous pressure on her shoulders, the French coach is relishing the challenge.

She said: “For the relationship to work do we need to win Grand Slams? Yes. That is the final goal, that’s for sure. If it can happen in a couple of weeks, great. But there is big pressure.

“It will be great to win although Andy will also want to win every tournament after Wimbledon.

“I would think my experience with Marion will help. For myself, first, to know how to position myself, how to behave, and the moments to talk and the moments not to talk.”

Mauresmo is just two weeks into her new mentoring role with Murray after succeeding Ivan Lendl.

The 34-year-old is a huge admirer of the work carried out by the Czech, who turned the Dunblane star from nearly man into a double Grand Slam champion and Olympic gold medallist.

But Mauresmo is very much her own woman and won’t be looking for a magic formula from Lendl.

She said: “Under Ivan I found Andy more consistent physically. He was able to compete much better against the top players.

“He gave him something extra to help him overcome the finals he lost in Grand Slams and finally find the switch to make it happen.

“But I haven’t spoken with him and while I’ll maybe do it later I won’t speak to him before Wimbledon.

“I really want to enter this new experience using my own eyes and with my own idea of the things that are going on, how Andy is, how everything is and to try my own approach that is really instinctive to me.”

The affable and instantly likeable Mauresmo has also urged fans not to make any comparison with her and the stony-faced Lendl.

She said: “It’s tough to compare Ivan and me. We are so different in every way. The personality is very different. I don’t know Ivan very well. I only know him through Andy’s eyes.

“I don’t think I will bring him the same as Ivan which is good because Ivan brought him a lot and maybe I can bring him different things.”

Mauresmo does bring a wealth of experience and knows what it feels like to carry the hopes of a nation on her shoulders.

She did it for over a decade at the French Open during her playing career. But she found herself crippled by fear of failure instead of feeding off the crowd’s support.

Despite being a Wimbledon and Australian Open champion, she always underperformed at Roland Garos, failing to get past the quarter-finals.

She said: “It was interesting to share these feelings and maybe help Andy try to avoid negative thoughts.

“We’re talking about everything so that might include some of that.

“Again, sharing my experience, sharing what I felt at these moments. Sharing maybe the mistakes I made.

“But he is handling pressure really well with the results he’s had at Wimbledon over the past few years. He’s already impressive. But he’s curious, always asking questions and we’re able to share. It’s good. We’re sharing.”

Given Murray ended 77 years of hurt 12 months ago when he became the first British man to win Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936, Mauresmo feels there will be less expectation this summer.

She said: “Defending a title feels great. The pressure is less important now Andy has won. It’s pure joy. And of course, then there is a the goal of winning again and focussing on the game and what to do on the court.

“But I feel first of all it’s joy and being so proud to be there to defend the title.”

A decision on whether to make Mauresmo – who is operating on a temporary contract – a full-time appointment hinges on the next few weeks for both of them.

While the reaction to a women working in a male-dominated environment has been somewhat mixed within the locker room, it already appears clear both want to make this work.

But Mauresmo admits having only two weeks’ preparation time together prior to Wimbledon is not ideal. She added: “Andy’s asked me to help him as I don’t think he wanted to be without a coach in this period.

“A couple more weeks would have been good but it’s fine. And it’s really exciting.

“Andy knows how to play on every surface but on grass he has played in the last two Wimbledon finals and won the 2012 Olympics.

“He knows how to do this stuff so maybe I’m trying to just add little things here and there.”

On the reaction to her appointment, Mauresmo said: “I am not surprised, although I have always said that I am happy if Andy having this open mind can help things change and move a little bit.

“But it’s not my main concern. My main concern is to help Andy the best way I can in this short time that we have before Wimbledon.”